Hello,
What is the easiest way to connect three separate telephone extensions to a BT main socket?
The BT socket is an NTE5 i.e. One half can be removed to connect extensions.
I am considering using a junction box as it is unlikely that 3 telephone extensions will all connect to the IDC terminals on the NTE5.
It depends on layout. You could just daisy-chain them.
They are designed to take three lots of wires.
I was told today that the standard IDC terminals on BT sockets will each reliably take 2 wires and that a third will fall out?
Not so - they were designed from the start for 'in' 'out' and 'spur'. But of course only if using the correct cables.
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